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Setting the Scene:
The Washburn Lady Blues soccer team will look to keep their eight-match unbeaten streak rolling as they travel to Kirksville, Mo., on Thursday to face Truman at 2 p.m. The Bulldogs received votes in this week's national poll. On Saturday, the Lady Blues will return home to face Emporia State on Senior Night in Yager Stadium at 7 p.m. It will be the final home match Jenny Persons, Lisa Fahey, Traci Nigg, Kaydi Hooker, Danielle Ayala, Jessica Mainz and Manon Englehardt. Washburn's last defeat came on Sept. 27 in a 2-1 loss at Southwest Baptist. Since then, the Lady Blues won seven in a row before tying SBU last time out 2-2 in a double overtime match on Oct. 25.

Last time out for the Lady Blues:
Oct. 25, 2008 • Washburn 2, Southwest Baptist 2 (2 ot)-- TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Lady Blues outshot the Southwest Baptist Lady Bearcats 28 to 9, but finished with a 2-2 double overtime tie on Saturday night at Yager Stadium. With the tie, Washburn's record goes to 11-5-2 and 7-4-1 in the MIAA. It was the eighth-straight game the Lady Blues have gone without a defeat.
Southwest Baptist scored in the 11th minute when Nicola Cousins scored her 13th goal of the season on a free kick from the left corner from 17 yards out. Washburn's Lisa Fahey knotted the score in the 33rd minute when connected on a free kick of her own from 33 yards out. It was her second goal of the season.
Right before the break, SBU's Rhiane Mitchell scored her 14th goal of the season on an assist from Shannon Roher pushing the Lady Bearcats to a 2-1 lead.
Lauren Henry tied the score at 2-2 on her seventh goal of the season on an assist from Jessica Mainz. It was Mainz's 21st career assist putting her in third place by herself on the MIAA's career assist chart.
Neither team would score the remainder of the game sending it into overtime. In the first overtime, Washburn outshot the Lady Bearcats 2 to 1 and held the same margin in the second overtime, but could not get the winning score.
Ashley Klone played all 110 minutes in goal for the Lady Blues as she collected three saves. In a physical match, the teams combined for 37 fouls with SBU collecting 21 whistles. SBU was also flagged for two yellow cards.    
About Truman:
Quick Kicks: Truman has won four straight entering the week with a 13-3-1 record and 9-3-1 overall. The Bulldogs are 4-0-1 at home this season.
About the coach: Head Coach Mike Cannon picked up his 200th win in the team's first match of the year against Quincy and is the winningest coach in Truman women's soccer history at 212-75-26 (.718). Entering 2008, he was ranked seventh in victories among active Division II coaches and is in his 16th season at the helm.
Cannon's teams have won eight of the nine MIAA titles the conference has offered and have been to the NCAA post-season six times. His 2007 squad captured the MIAA conference tournament title in the only year of its existence after sharing the regular season championship.
Series history with Truman:  Truman leads the all-time series 7-3-1. Washburn won the first meeting second of three meetings last season with the Bulldogs taking a 2-1 victory in Topeka. The Bulldogs won in the MIAA postseason tournament semis in Warrensburg.
Truman (3-8-1)
9/14/03    L 0-7    A
10/19/03    L 0-3    H
9/19/04    L 1-4    A
10/29/04    L 0-1    H
9/17/05    L 1-2 (ot)    H
10/15/05    W 4-0     A
9/17/06    W 2-1    H
10/21/06    T 1-1 (2ot)    A
9/21/07    L 0-2    A
10/13/07    W 2-1    H
$11/3/07    L 0-1    N
9/18/08    L 1-2    H
$First round of MIAA Postseason Tournament
Last meeting with Truman:  Sept. 9, 2008 - TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Lady Blues outshot the No. 10-ranked Truman Bulldogs 14 to 7 including a 7 to 1 advantage in the second half but it was not enough as the Bulldogs topped Washburn 2-1.
The Bulldogs scored first in the match in the 14th minute as Katie Reuck scored her third goal of the season on an assist from Katie Buning. It was the first of two goals on the night for Reuck who would score the game-winner in the 31st minute on an assist from Isabel Gaeta. The two Reuck goals sandwiched Ashley Taylor's first goal of the season in the 25th minute as she scored on an assist from Traci Nigg. However it would be on the only goal for the Lady Blues on the night.
Washburn held a 7 to 6 advantage in shots in the first half and kept the pressure on the Bulldogs in the second half holding a 7 to 1 lead in shots, but none could clear Truman's Denise Childress who picked up the win in net for Truman.
Washburn's best chances to score were in the second half as they attempted six corner kicks to none for the Bulldogs. Washburn had three chances within 90 seconds of each other with under 10 minutes to play in the match. Nigg had a shot which hit the left post with just over eight minutes to play.
Ashley Klone picked up four saves in goal for Washburn after giving up the two first half goals. 
Last time out for TSU: October 25, 2008 -- Oct. 25, 2008 - A brisk wind and stingy defensive efforts kept the scoring low, but the Truman women's soccer team triumphed again at home thanks to a first-half goal by freshman Megan Buri, winning 1-0 over Missouri Southern.
After the Lions stripped the ball from Jessica Wiegert, Buri took the ball on the left side of the defense in the 17th minute, dribbled past the back line and fired a shot past freshman keeper Randi Russell for her second goal of the season. Both teams had multiple attempts to score after that, and Missouri Southern's top scorer, Nikki Llewellyn, took six shots on the afternoon, but the one goal margin stood up heading into halftime.
To start the second period of action, Truman switched up keepers, with freshman netminder Jayne Grisham replacing Denise Childress for the last 45 minutes. Grisham was virtually untested in the second half until the very end, when a foul near the box gave Llewellyn a short-range free kick. She launched a hard, low ball that Grisham turned away, preserving the win with less than 30 seconds remaining. Overall, the Bulldogs outshot the Lions 23 to 16, including a 15 to 8 margin in the first half, and Jessica Wiegert took five shots to lead the team.
Thanks to the win, the Bulldogs stand at 13-3-1 overall and 9-3-1 in the MIAA, while Missouri Southern fell to 4-10-1 (2-9-1 MIAA) on the year. Truman is currently ranked second the South Central Region, right behind conference-leading Central Missouri. On Thursday, the Bulldogs will look to make it five wins in a row at home, taking on Washburn at 2:00 p.m., before the definitive game of the regular season next Saturday when Central Missouri rolls into Kirksville. That game could decide the MIAA champion this season, after the two teams shared top honors last year. Kickoff for Saturday's game is scheduled for noon at the Truman Soccer Park.  

About Emporia State:
Quick Kicks: The Hornets enter the week with 3-12-1 overall record and 1-10-1 mark in MIAA play. They will face Missouri Western on Oct. 30 before heading to Topeka for the Nov. 1 match up.
About the coach: Jim Schneiderhahn is 6-46-2 in his third year at ESU and 45-88-8 in his eighth year as a head coach. He came to ESU after serving as an assistant coach at Tulane University. He was the head coach at Benedictine from 2000-04. He holds a United State Soccer Federation (USSF) National “A” Coaching License.
Series history: Washburn leads the all-time series 7-3-1 and have won the last seven meetings. Washburn has outscored the Hornets 13-0 in the last four matches.
vs Emporia State (WU leads 7-3-1)
Home: 4-1-1, Away: 4-2-0, Neutral: 0-0-0
09/17/03    Emporia, Kan.    L 4-6
10/15/03    Topeka    T 1-1 (2ot)
10/06/04    Emporia, Kan.    L 3-4
11/07/04    Topeka    L 0-2
09/26/05    Emporia, Kan.    W 2-1 (2ot)
10/26/05    Topeka    W 2-1
09/10/06    Topeka    W 2-1
10/06/06    Emporia, Kan.    W 3-0
09/08/07    Emporia, Kan.    W 6-0
10/04/07    Topeka    W 2-0
10/16/08    Emporia, Kan.    W 2-0
Last meeting with Emporia State  - EMPORIA, Kan. -- Washburn's Kaydi Hooker scored her first career goal and Jessica Mainz had a foot in each of the Lady Blues' goals as Washburn topped Emporia State 2-0 in the soccer version of the Turnpike Tussle. With the win, the No. 3 regionally ranked Lady Blues improved to 9-5-1 and 5-4-0 in conference play and won their fifth straight game. Washburn will face Northwest Missouri on Saturday in Maryville at 11 a.m.
Hooker's goal came in the 13th minute off a pass from Mainz into the right corner of the net. The goal was the only one of the first half as the Lady Blues outshot the Hornets 14 to 6 in the first half.
In the second half, the teams were scoreless until the 86:09 mark as Mainz connected with Lauren Henry for her sixth goal of the season, tying her for the team lead with Mainz.
Jenny Persons picked up the shutout collecting seven saves while facing 12 shots. She improved to 6-0-0 in goal this season and picked up her fourth shutout.
In the match, Washburn outshot the Hornets 26 to 12 and had a 3 to 1 advantage in corner kicks. Danielle Ayala had 10 shots with five shots coming on goal for the Lady Blues.
Last time out for the Hornets: October 26, 2008 -- The ESU soccer team fell 1-0 on a wind aided goal in the second half to #6 Central Missouri. The match had only seven shots in the first half as the two teams battled in nearly 50 mile per hour winds. Jennifer Stillmock had eight saves for the Hornets with her only goal allowed coming on a wind aided shot from 20 yards out. Alison Germany, Alicia Smith and Raquel White all had shots on goal for ESU. Before the match seniors Caitlin Riemer, Shelley Marsh and Raquel White were honored as part of Hornet Senior Day.
Lady Blues Soccer History:
Washburn is 56-41-21 (.560) all-time in its sixth season of competing. In MIAA play, the Lady Blues are 36-29-16 (.537). In home matches, the Lady Blues are 25-16-9 and they are 22-21-10 on the road. In matches on neutral sites, the Lady Blues are 7-4-3.

Blue Notes:
Start Chart: The Lady Blues' Kaydi Hooker, Jessica Mainz and Lisa Fahey have all made starts in 81 career games setting a new Washburn record breaking the previous record of 66 held by Jenna Lawless. The Washburn record for career games played was 77 held by Amanda Geist. The MIAA record for career games played and starts is 85 held by Truman's Sara Murray. If all three play in each remaining regular season match played this season, they will tie the MIAA record.
The Mainz Points: Jessica Mainz has 115 career points with 47 goals and 21 assists. Her 113 points is the third-most in MIAA history. Her 47 career goals are the third-most in MIAA history trailing Ashley Munnelly with 53 and Sara Murray with 59 on the career chart. Her 21 career assists is fourth all-time in the MIAA.
A People Persons: Senior goalie Jenny Persons currently has the school record for goals against average with 0.79. She is ranked in the top 10 in eight career categories and her 10 career wins are tied for second all-time at Washburn in goal.
Oh Henry: Lauren Henry has seven goals and three assists for 17 points in her first season at Washburn. Her seven goals are tied for second on the freshman single-season goal chart and her three assists are tied for third. The 17 total points is tied for second with Melissa Zadina (2003) with 17. Only Jessica Mainz (2005) had more total points as a freshman with 30.
The Fa-hey kid: Lisa Fahey, along with being tied for first with 81 career games played and starts, has played more minutes than anyone in Lady Blues history with 6,660. After not recording a goal in her first two seasons at Washburn, she has scored eight as a junior (6) and two as a senior.

Up Next:
The Lady Blues will wrap up the regular season with away matches at Missouri Southern on Nov. 6 and at Missouri Western on Nov. 9. Following the completion of the regular season, the Lady Blues will then await a possible postseason berth when the NCAA South Central Regional pairing will be announced on Monday, Nov. 10. The first round of regional play will being on Nov. 14.